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June 13, 2005
So you want to be a lawyer
If you've been taking notes, you know that I'm sending my sorry ass to law school in August. I applied to six schools, have been accepted at three, waitlisted at the other two, and outright rejected by certain bastards whom I will not name.
On Saturday I went to John Marshall Law School, which is right in downtown Chicago, for an open house. This is the school I am leaning towards attending. I had an interesting time.
I have heard every single person moan about how hard the first year of law school is. I am getting the impression that it is the educational equivalent of boot camp. I hope I can deal. But my first law class certainly had me nervous.
As part of the open house, we had a mock law class, with an actual professor. He came in, and immediately ordered the doors closed because nobody was allowed to leave. He said something about how he hopes to see some of us at class next year, because he will make us his "personal victims."
He then went on an hour long dissertation about property rights, using a famous case from 1722. He grilled prospective students and parents alike about what happened in the case, why the court said what it said, and how this might apply to people today. I was scared shitless that he would call on me. He was also a dead ringer for Mike Wilbon, the cohost of Pardon the Interruption on ESPN. He looked and sounded exactly like him, right down to the way he flipped out when he caught you making a mistake. It was awesome.
Posted by oz115 at June 13, 2005 11:46 AM
Comments
Try not to giggle when the Tony Kornheiser lookalike (with comb-over) strolls into class as guest lecturer.
Posted by: Pete at June 13, 2005 12:32 PM